As this keystone species' name suggests, the gopher tortoise is an expert at living underground — like a gopher. Gopher tortoises have shovel-like front legs and strong, thick back legs to help them ...

Florida gopher tortoises are a threatened species and 365 others depend on their burrows. Florida development boom is leaving little room for the native land tortoises.

Gopher tortoises are considered a keystone species of longleaf pine forests, though they can be found in other ecosystems as well. The tortoise’s shovel-like front legs are adapted to create ...

State officials are investigating after numerous recent gopher tortoise deaths at a popular beach destination.

Learn about gopher tortoises, a keystone species found in South Carolina’s sandhills.

Gopher tortoises share their burrows with more than 350 other species, and are therefore referred to as a keystone species. In Florida, the gopher tortoise is listed as threatened.

New Florida rule weakens protections of threatened species The suit is about more than gopher tortoises Many other animals depend on gopher tortoises, which is why they're called a keystone species.

Wildlife experts at the Treasure Coast Wildlife Center are working to clean a gopher tortoise found covered in nail polish.

Discounting their own dire predictions about gopher tortoise survival, feds deny them Endangered Species Act protections. Advocates intend to sue.

Gopher tortoises are a state-designated threatened species in Florida, and are federally listed as threatened west of the Mobile and Tombigbee rivers in Alabama under the Endangered Species Act.

Gopher Tortoise Day has been recognized in Florida on April 10 since 2016 to increase awareness of and appreciation for the protected species.